Ekiti election: Deconstructing the Fayemi meltdown.
AN honest disclosure is the appropriate way to start today’s piece. Kayode Fayemi, the outgoing governor of Ekiti State, is my friend.
Speaking out for Nigeria
On Monday this week, an innocuous issue threatened the National Conference again threatening to divide us along the notorious fault lines of our
Believe in Allah but tie your camel
The idea of writing a column with my title today came during my visit to Maiduguri, two weeks ago. The thought was
Maiduguri and the resilience of the human spirit
It was a deep crater in the road, close to the post office on Shehu Laminu way, which brought home just what
The Emir died, long live the Emir
Last Friday, Alhaji Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano died at the age of 83. He had reigned for 51 years, and
Hon. Justice Saidu Kawu: Closure Of An Era
THE seventh day prayer for the late Justice Saidu Kawu took place in the family house in Ilorin on New Year’s Day.
Kayode Fayemi: One good term deserves another
I SPENT Easter 2013 in Ado Ekiti, as guest of Kayode Fayemi, the Ekiti State Governor. I took the opportunity to travel
Borno: Witness to leadership in a season of killings
IF I say I was not petrified travelling through that 135km of road to Gwoza, I would be lying because that road had
Chibok girls, Israel and Iran: A gift horse’s mouth
It is instructive that the abduction of the young girls from Chibok has unleashed a worldwide offer of assistance to Nigeria. These
Professor Shehu Jimoh: Intellectual, broadcaster, decent man
LAST week Monday, Professor Shehu Ahmad Jimoh, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, died at the age